ARAP

If everything is working you won’t have any work naa … -Halley

2GB of RAM is not enough. -CeG <oBelIX>

Udderstand – its naughtier than it sounds. -CeG <oBelIX>

I’m just sitting here, waiting for an app to load. It seems that there is this new game, “DreamFall”. I asked shamanth to copy it onto my external hdd. I run the setup and it gives CRC errors. I cancel, try again. That anyway, was a very bad idea. I had cancelled at 9:35PM and started it again. It is 9:43 now, I am starting to get terribly pissed.

Also, winamp is behaving stupidly. Its on shuffle and three consecutive CTRL+ALT+PAGEDOWN’s have resulted in the same damn song.

After a month on Vista and IE7, I actually am thinking that only IE is a good idea.

9:47 PM now – That stupid setup has still not launched.

I am also starting to get very used to the “User Account Control” feature (the thing that pops up and says This program is doing yada yada yada. Did YOU launch it). I now think it is an extremely great feature – the guy who thought of a nice little dialog box po(o)ping up each time you copy a file to the C: drive is brilliant.

9:49 Now – That stupid setup has still not launched.

The new version of  yahoo messenger is also very good. (No offence to the yahoo guys). It uses just 100 MB of RAM on an average and tends to go into infinite loops every now and then.

9:51 Now – That stupid setup has still not launched.

I think that this is another very innovative feature in Vista. Or perhaps I have stumbled upon a hitherto unknown easter egg. Launch DreamFall setup and your computer will slow down for a while.

Anyway, like I said, Vista rocks.

We got a washing machine the other day. I’ve never before closely followed the washing process. This little videocon one is pretty simple to use. You put water + soap + clothes. Set the timer, start it. Put the clothes + fresh water in the other tub. Start again. Put the clothes + water back in the first tub. Run again. Transfer to the other tub one last time and run it.

I think the videocon Engineers collaborated closely with the Vista engineers (or vice-versa).

9:56 Now – That stupid setup has still not launched

I was reading this Woody Allen book. (How did it understand that spelling?). Then I tried to read ChankayaNeeti by Chanakya. (Yeah, it did not udderstand that). Wasn’t much fun reading that Chanakya book. I ascribe that to the horrible English translation of the Telegu. Did I just write Telegu – I meant Sanskrit.

9:59 Now – That stupid setup has still not launched

Speaking of Telegu – I’ve been trying to make some progress learning my father tongue. I can now say….

The cursor icon changed – Hold on, Im going to ALT+TAB and check.

No, False Alarm.

… go, see, take – (po, choosko, teesko) apart from the regular swear words. 

10:01 – User account control just pooped up. Its going to install ….

Nope, its gone back to the old stage – stupid shitty installer.

The other day there was this comic – (Waiting for outlook to start) –

I actually Lol’d at this.

10:04 – Setup has launched.

Im ignoring all the CRC fails.

Bye Bye.

ARAP

If everything is working you won’t have any work naa … -Halley

2GB of RAM is not enough. -CeG <oBelIX>

Udderstand – its naughtier than it sounds. -CeG <oBelIX>

I’m just sitting here, waiting for an app to load. It seems that there is this new game, “DreamFall”. I asked shamanth to copy it onto my external hdd. I run the setup and it gives CRC errors. I cancel, try again. That anyway, was a very bad idea. I had cancelled at 9:35PM and started it again. It is 9:43 now, I am starting to get terribly pissed.

Also, winamp is behaving stupidly. Its on shuffle and three consecutive CTRL+ALT+PAGEDOWN’s have resulted in the same damn song.

After a month on Vista and IE7, I actually am thinking that only IE is a good idea.

9:47 PM now – That stupid setup has still not launched.

I am also starting to get very used to the “User Account Control” feature (the thing that pops up and says This program is doing yada yada yada. Did YOU launch it). I now think it is an extremely great feature – the guy who thought of a nice little dialog box po(o)ping up each time you copy a file to the C: drive is brilliant.

9:49 Now – That stupid setup has still not launched.

The new version of  yahoo messenger is also very good. (No offence to the yahoo guys). It uses just 100 MB of RAM on an average and tends to go into infinite loops every now and then.

9:51 Now – That stupid setup has still not launched.

I think that this is another very innovative feature in Vista. Or perhaps I have stumbled upon a hitherto unknown easter egg. Launch DreamFall setup and your computer will slow down for a while.

Anyway, like I said, Vista rocks.

We got a washing machine the other day. I’ve never before closely followed the washing process. This little videocon one is pretty simple to use. You put water + soap + clothes. Set the timer, start it. Put the clothes + fresh water in the other tub. Start again. Put the clothes + water back in the first tub. Run again. Transfer to the other tub one last time and run it.

I think the videocon Engineers collaborated closely with the Vista engineers (or vice-versa).

9:56 Now – That stupid setup has still not launched

I was reading this Woody Allen book. (How did it understand that spelling?). Then I tried to read ChankayaNeeti by Chanakya. (Yeah, it did not udderstand that). Wasn’t much fun reading that Chanakya book. I ascribe that to the horrible English translation of the Telegu. Did I just write Telegu – I meant Sanskrit.

9:59 Now – That stupid setup has still not launched

Speaking of Telegu – I’ve been trying to make some progress learning my father tongue. I can now say….

The cursor icon changed – Hold on, Im going to ALT+TAB and check.

No, False Alarm.

… go, see, take – (po, choosko, teesko) apart from the regular swear words. 

10:01 – User account control just pooped up. Its going to install ….

Nope, its gone back to the old stage – stupid shitty installer.

The other day there was this comic – (Waiting for outlook to start) –

I actually Lol’d at this.

10:04 – Setup has launched.

Im ignoring all the CRC fails.

Bye Bye.

the one after a long time

CSS: Cubicle Sleep Syndrome. -CeG <oBelIX>

Don’t be too happy. The universe has an attitude. -Calvin

Exhiliration – Its not overrated.

Life was so nice. I was having so much fun. Was making harmless little jabs at the poor chaps who had to join on the 28th of May. Then, out of the blue, some-chap calls me up and:

some-chap: What Ho!

Me: Hola.

some-chap: Join on 28th of May.

Me: !!!WTF!!! No Way. C’est impossible.

some-chap: We pwn your ass …

Me: Yeah

May 24th

After what seems like a very short eternity at Home and elsewhere, I came back to Hyderabad. IIIT seemed to be in a mess and was going to the dogs. Literally . The actual despondent, desparate, not-wanting-to-leave-yet mood was still evident. Everyone was getting ready to move on, some had already left. It was the last stage. Anyhoo, take a look at vishnu’s face – thats the emotion I’m talking about.

Of course, the first major thing was Monga with that 10 million set of suitcases that he left in my room – ensuring that no one could even walk there. So, until we went to our new place – I bunked with vishnu.

House Hunting

Yeah, the chaps who don’t have to do this are pretty lucky. It is one of the most painful jobs ever. Just ask anyone who ever had to do this. Damn. Had I posted this during that time, this section would have been waaaaaay longer. However, I forget most of the fun incidents now . Tip for the next batch of people planning to look for a house: Start EARLY. Have transport.

Moving day was another pain. Parag and I had to move the luggage of five people. Real sucks.

BLN

What an ass.

No dues

Getting the no dues wasn’t as painful as expected (refer to section above). Most of the departments were highly efficient – it took minimal time. (refer to section above).

Work

Anyway, Microsoft rocks. And Its not that Im just saying that. Life was actually good, still is – esp after the owner fixed most of the things in the house. Was actually fun to code in c++ after a while – realized why c++ is in fact the ultimate language for writing code (just below python).

Party

Thanks to T3 and co – there was a micro-mini get together. Anand came in an effeminate hairdo.

Here, we can see Raki holding on to Sriram, and Raja grinning at a phatta that Anand cracked(?).

The things to do list

I’d always thought that after the first month would be through (ie with the first months pay) I would be

1. Playing something on the internet

2. Downloading something from the internet

3. Learning photography with my brand new digital camera

4. Loving public Transport

5. Eating excellent food (ie: eating paneer everyday)

It seems that I have accomplished few on that list. However, I’ve done stuff that I never thought I would do. Anyway, as I write this, I realize that its 9PM, the page that had been searching for comparisons of washing machines since I started composing this has finally finished and that I have basically written what came straight to my mind – without editing and with complete disregard for the sensibilities and the comprehension capacity of the average reader of this blog.

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PS: Fantastic Four sucks

PS1: Intentionally left out some stuff – Intentionally.

PS2: Hyd House biryani – nice …

PS3: AFAIK Mainsh, Tipo, GS, Pyar have all got visas …

PS4: FYI – I stay somewhere near Kondapur. Close to Sairaj’s house

PS5: No broadband yet

PS6: I miss DF.